Josiane da Silva Tito (born August 8, 1979, in

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) is a Brazilian sprinter and middle-distance runner.

Career

She set a personal best time of 2:01.28 for the

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at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

, coincidentally in her home city. Tito also competed as part of the women's national sprint team for the

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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, Tito competed for the second time in women's 4 × 400 m relay, along with her teammates

Lucimar Teodoro Lucimar Teodoro (born 1 May 1981) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres sprint and the 400 metres hurdles. Teodoro was born in Guararapes, São Paulo and began competing in senior athletics in 2001. She attended ...

, Maria Laura Almirão, and

Emmily Pinheiro Emmily da Silva Pinheiro (born November 3, 1985, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. Biography Pinheiro competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her ...

. She ran on the second leg of the second heat, with an individual-split time of 52.60 seconds. Tito and her team finished the relay in sixth place for a total time of 3:30.10, failing to advance into the final. Few days before the 2009 IAAF World Championships in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, Tito was among the five Brazilian athletes who failed the competition drug test for a banned substance

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. She served a two-year suspension by

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, making her ineligible to compete for other international events, including the world and national championships.

Achievements

References

External links

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Profile – UOL Esporte

* Brazilian female sprinters Brazilian female middle-distance runners Living people Olympic athletes for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes from Rio de Janeiro (city) 1979 births Doping cases in athletics Brazilian sportspeople in doping cases Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Brazilian women {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub